On September 20, 1984, a friend discovered 32-year-old Maram Hanel and her husband Roland shot to death in their Jay, Vermont home. Investigators concluded the couple had likely been killed several days earlier, sometime between September 15 and 19. Both victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds—some reports say as many as eleven each—and no weapon was recovered.

Maram was a Canadian citizen born in Egypt, fluent in four languages and noted for working at the 1972 Munich Olympics. She and Roland, 49, married in 1981 and were described as athletic and friendly though somewhat private. The last confirmed sighting was the evening of September 14; Maram’s missed dentist appointment the following week helped establish the timeline.

The case went cold despite early leads, including an unproven link to an escaped Tennessee inmate and an FBI Behavioral Science Unit profile released in 1986 suggesting the killer knew the couple and may have been within their age group. No arrests have been announced. Does anyone who knew Maram or Roland, or who lived in Jay in 1984, have information that could help?